{"id":93092,"date":"2019-12-01T17:56:47","date_gmt":"2019-12-01T21:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=93092"},"modified":"2019-12-01T17:56:47","modified_gmt":"2019-12-01T21:56:47","slug":"trumps-intervention-gallagher-war-crimes-toxic-culture-the-issues-of-the-seal-teams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=93092","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s intervention, Gallagher, war crimes, toxic culture: The issues of the SEAL Teams"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nSOFREP.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Skippy’s linked article on the “Behind Eddie Gallagher\u2019s Court Martial Is a Much Larger Issue” deserved its own post. The article describes a near perfect storm of the breakdown of SEALs, SEAL leadership, NCIS, and overzealous prosecutors. The judge overseeing Gallagher’s court-martial, Navy Capt. Aaron Rugh, sanctioned the prosecution and federal agents for violating Gallagher’s constitutional rights. We all know the rest. For perspective, the article’s author, Brandon Webb, is a former SEAL and combat veteran. Brandon Webb LINK<\/a><\/p>\n

by Brandon Webb <\/strong><\/p>\n

“I wouldn\u2019t want my son to be in the SEAL Teams that exist today, it\u2019s a mafioso environment where everyone has dirt on each other. The culture is more Hells Angels than a professional Special Ops unit.\u201d \u2013 Anonymous Navy SEAL<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I was initially worried about addressing this topic because of the toxic peer pressure that exists among the SEAL community inside and outside. However, my business network kept asking me about Gallagher and Trump\u2019s intervention in his case, and in the end, I decided that if the thought of speaking about this made me uncomfortable, I should just write about it.<\/p>\n

Stage set, cameras rolling, soundcheck, action.<\/p>\n

The Gallagher case was anything but uncomplicated. It Pitted Navy SEAL against Navy SEAL. The NCIS was found to be bullying and intimidating to get their way.<\/p>\n

According to the Navy Times, Navy Captain Aaron Rugh determined that, \u201cthe NCIS intrusion placed an intolerable strain on the public\u2019s perception of the military justice system because \u2018an objective, disinterested observer, fully informed of all of the facts and circumstances, would harbor a significant doubt about the fairness of the proceeding.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“The military judge presiding over the court-martial of a U.S. Navy SEAL charged with war crimes said on Friday prosecutors who electronically tracked email communications of defense lawyers without a warrant violated the accused\u2019s right to a fair trial.\u201d \u2013 Reuters<\/p>\n

So, what do I think of Trump\u2019s intervention? I\u2019m personally not surprised at the theatrics, and in this case, I support Trump for stepping in given the unusual nature of the case, NCIS\u2019s mishandling of the investigation, and the current dysfunctional environment of the SEAL Teams. Most on active duty will not realize how crazy the Teams look from the lens of a former member (and the rest of the world) who is on the outside now looking in.<\/p>\n

NCIS botched their case, no argument there. It\u2019s sure to go down as a legal case study for the ages. For the uninitiated, Trump is well within his right to inject himself as the Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. military. It may be inconvenient for some of the top brass but it is what it is. Trump\u2019s intervention should come as no surprise to Admiral Green and the rest of the SEAL leadership given the ongoing strategy of Eddie\u2019s legal team of constantly outflanking their adversaries in the press, and that one of Gallagher\u2019s attorneys, Marc Mukasey, has worked for Trump in the past. However, I\u2019m not surprised to see the myopia of senior SEAL leadership get the best of them again when it comes to dealing with the press.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ve been leery of NCIS since USS Iowa’s gun turret incident, and recent developments have done little to mitigate that impression. Hat tip to Skippy for the link. The rest of the article may be viewed here: SOFREP.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SOFREP.com Skippy’s linked article on the “Behind Eddie Gallagher\u2019s Court Martial Is a Much Larger Issue” … Trump\u2019s intervention, Gallagher, war crimes, toxic culture: The issues of the SEAL Teams<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[406,15,119],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guest-link","category-legal","category-navy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93092"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93092\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93096,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93092\/revisions\/93096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}